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Hooked

Emily McIntire

3.64 AVERAGE


DNF

the cringe is strong with this one
dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Ugh. Came back from a previous DNF with this book. This time I managed to finish. I could see the appeal this time around but... No. Just... No
Inmature MC all through, not good ML either. Story was trash. No good side characters. Only the spice could save this book, and I still have doubts about it.

4.5*
dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

!!!Contains spoilers!!!!


Pretty good, overall. The smut makes up for the lack of depth for the characters. I figured out Jon was James's brother fairly early on, but Smee was a bit of a surprise.
The smut was good, if a little on the vanilla side. And the airway restriction was definitely NOT the proper technique! You will kill someone if you do this as it's told in the book!
I had hoped for a better telling of this. It has so many possibilities to be a great dark romance. It just felt rushed. Those are the negatives.
Now, the positives!
It's definitely a dirty book, I have to work at keeping a straight face while reading in public. There were some really good twists, I would have hoped the "villain to villain to villain monologue" would have contained more info, to the other character. I loved that Wendy pulled the trigger at the end, though I would have wanted James to give her "permission" for it. "would you like some matches?" As he held the gun on her father, would have been epic! The epilogue was perfect for a wrap up.

Overall, definitely recommend for a quick read with good, clean smut.
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional hopeful tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark

More violent than I thought it would be, but not nearly as BDSM as I thought. It’s fine. 
adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes

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